Expatriate Communities and Their Cultural Influences in the Philippines

[Manila-X]

Originally Posted by tigidig14

^ u serious, they have tagalog signs over there. that's nice. i mean why? we speak english

Kasi ang Pilipino ang pinaka malaking minority group sa HK karamihan mga DH!

Ang parang Korea Town sa BF Homes ay doon sa Aguirre Ave. Sa BF ako nag stay yung nasa Manila ako. Pero para sa akin, wala akong problema sa mga Koreans dyan. Pero wag lang mag discriminate ang mga pinoy and vice versa rin sa kanila.

[bagel]

Agree. I actually really have no problems with non-Pilipino or non-English signage. It's not like they are out of context.

[thomasian]

Originally Posted by ThisFire

That's Hong Kong, we're our own. If they want to do that, let them. Plus it shows that they don't do their homework because there's no need to post Tagalog signs that much because we're English speaking.
The truth is that we aren't multicultural, we're not an immigrant country. We're diverse nationally, but we're Filipinos and Pilipino and English are the official languages.

...and multi-ethnic look of the people here makes it even seem like there are more immigrants than there really are. There are really lots of Filipinos that look like foreigners.

[Manila-X]

Karamihan ng mga celebs at models sa Pinas ganun. In fact daming models sa Pinas na half-lang o balikbayan katulad ni Cindy Kurleto, Derek Ramsey at iba pa. Wala naman tagalang pure Filipino. It's either you're Malay, Chinese, Spanish or mixed

[thomasian]

Yup, kaya nga ang daming cute sa 'Pinas eh.

[kyle@1008]

chinoys are great,... most well mannered. I know coz my gr8 uncle is xavier's administrator,... my best friend is chinese ,... and hes so clean, I feel like a pig around him sometimes....

... but, dudes, I think the chinese from cebu are cooler,... than those from manila,I like saw so many of them at the bars, my eyes were poping and since most of them werent pure 100 percent chines their bodies had curves, with perfect oriental skins

[sista]

hahah oo mas magaganda mga mixed kaso most chinese families gusto chinese lang ang pakasalan...oh well, pero times are changing lol

[marites4]

^ Sista whatabout koreans and Japanese are they open to marrying Koreans and Japanese?

[marites4]

Originally Posted by kyle@1008

chinoys are great,... most well mannered. I know coz my gr8 uncle is xavier's administrator,... my best friend is chinese ,... and hes so clean, I feel like a pig around him sometimes....

... but, dudes, I think the chinese from cebu are cooler,... than those from manila,I like saw so many of them at the bars, my eyes were poping and since most of them werent pure 100 percent chines their bodies had curves, with perfect oriental skins

Baket pag pure Chinese ba parang tingting?

[kyle@1008]

no... straight bodies ... as in walang korte....

[ThisFire]

Originally Posted by thomasian

...and multi-ethnic look of the people here makes it even seem like there are more immigrants than there really are. There are really lots of Filipinos that look like foreigners.

That's true, there's so many filipino looks, but those are still filipinos. You can still tell.

[thomasian]

@ Kyle - I also find those not pure Chinese more interesting (and better looking) than pure ones.

@ Thisfire - Yeah, you can still tell especially if you've been staying in the Philippines for long, but to some foreigners, they won't be able to tell if a mestizo-looking guy is Filipino or not by the looks alone. But there really are signs like the black or dark brown hair and the black or dark brown eyes.

[tigidig14]

Originally Posted by ThisFire

That's true, there's so many filipino looks, but those are still filipinos. You can still tell.

everyone thinks that my mom is mexican. its because of her very pointy nose and very articulate in spanish.

[Lili]

^ Your mom is Cebuana mestiza?

[sista]

Originally Posted by marites4

^ Sista whatabout koreans and Japanese are they open to marrying Koreans and Japanese?

I think they're more open (coz my cousin is dating a korean woman), but they're still rigid. My friend went to korea and grabe daw mga tao dun. They don't say "excuse me" even though it's part of their language. Kung siksikan ang place, the people will hit you. Then the good part is, they have high regards to elders. In their subways, you have to give your seats to the elders.

[Æsahættr]

My grandmother (born in China) had to run away from her parents for a bit to marry a Filipino man.

[marites4]

Isn't that a bit racists. Don't filipinos get kind of offended when they hear that. I mean after all it is the country they ran too and gave them opportunities when they were mass starving in China and then to look down on the natives like that....

[kyle@1008]

Originally Posted by lotrfan55345

My grandmother (born in China) had to run away from her parents for a bit to marry a Filipino man.

daw mano po....

[sista]

Originally Posted by marites4

Isn't that a bit racists. Don't filipinos get kind of offended when they hear that. I mean after all it is the country they ran too and gave them opportunities when they were mass starving in China and then to look down on the natives like that....

Yup. Totoo yan. Sadly, Nangyayari din yan ngayon with some of the people that I know [they say tsao huan (Hokkien, tsao=mabaho, huan=person) mga pinoys, same with the way pinoys use to call us, intsik], but a lot of us are assimilating and appreciating the Filipino culture....thankfully!

[tigidig14]

^ u meant saying intsik is an insult